SJSU honors former athletes behind 1968 Olympics Black Power salute
The black power freedom salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics was a protest felt across the world and it remains a symbol ...
The Washington Post8 年
Posing by the Olympics Black Power salute statue is a thing
paused to take this photo in front of a statue depicting the 1968 Olympic protest in Mexico City. “All I could think of is the whole Black Lives Matter movement and how inspirational it is and ...
BBC6 年
Five facts about Tommie Smith's 1968 Black Power salute
Smith and Carlos bowed their heads and raised a fist in a black leather glove ... his role at the time and did not compete at another Olympic games. 4. Smith and Carlos carried Peter Norman ...
Infobae3 年
1968 Olympic Protesters Welcomed at White House
Black Power salute. Mexico City, Mexico 10/20/1968 CREDIT: Neil Leifer (Photo by Neil Leifer /Sports Illustrated/Getty Images) (Set Number: X13565 ) (ATR) Once spurned by the U.S. Olympic ...
BBC1 年
The impact of the campaign on the USA
The race riots of the mid 1960s and the Black Power salute given by two American athletes at the Mexico Olympics in 1968 demonstrated a deeply divided country. The USA was a divided society ...